The Los Angeles Times

An angry crowd of about 2,000 rioted in northwest China's Gansu province over a government plan to demolish a downtown area, torching cars and attacking a local Communist Party office,...

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki went on national television Tuesday to defend a divisive pact giving U.S. forces three more years in his nation. Opponents reacted coolly to the plan,...

Pete Newell, who coached California to the 1959 NCAA basketball title and was one of only three men to guide teams to NIT, NCAA and Olympic championships, died Monday. He...

Pete Newell, who coached California to the 1959 NCAA basketball title and was one of only three men to guide teams to NIT, NCAA and Olympic championships, died Monday. He...

Two months before Barack Obama is sworn in, opening salvos are being launched over what could become one of the thorniest issues his administration will face. Organized labor, which spent...

In a dramatic and unprecedented display of prowess, suspected Somali pirates operating deep in open waters have seized an oil tanker as long as an aircraft carrier, the U.S. military...

Tough economic times are making new cars, clothing and electronics a tough sell. So corporate marketers are trying a new message: We feel your pain. Sprint Nextel Corp., for example,...

Iraq's Cabinet on Sunday overwhelmingly accepted a plan to end the U.S. military presence in Iraq by the end of 2011 and sent it on to parliament for approval, where...

Every December for as long as Brenda Cardoso can remember, her family has spent Christmas together at her grandmother's house in Tijuana, Mexico. The celebration begins with nine days of...

As global leaders gather Saturday for the economic summit in Washington, D.C., no one could feel the spotlight's glare as much as Chinese President Hu Jintao. In the weeks leading...